Paper-bag holder



(ModeL) E. T. MARTIN.

PAPER BAG HOLDER.

No. 331,512. PatentedDec. 1, 1885.

INVENTOR WITNESSES BYJMMMM% ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEIcE.

EDWARD T. MARTIN, OF OONCORDIA, KANSAS.

PAPER-BAG HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,512, dated December.1, 1885.

Application filed June 3, 1885. Serial No. 167,533. (Modeh) To (ZZZ whomit may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. IVIARIIN, of Concordia, in the county ofCloud and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Bag-Holder,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved paper-bagholder, which is adapted to hold a number of bags of different sizes.

The invention consists in the combination, with a board having offsetsin its bottom edge, of caps and hooks on the offsets, and nails or pinspassed through the paper bags and held by the caps and hooks on theoffsets.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved paper-bag holder, parts beingbroken out and others in section. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

The board A, having eyes for hanging it on its top edge, has the loweredge provided with steps or offsets B. The vertical part 0 of eachoffset is provided with a recess or cavity. D, containing a cap, E, forreceiving the end of a nail or pin, F, the other end of which issupported by a hook, H, secured on the outer end of the horizontal part0 of the offset. Each pin or nail F has a head, G, provided with anannular groove, G, for receiving the hook H. The nail or pin is pointedand preferably has a diamond shaped cross section. 1

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Thecombination, with the board A, having offsets in its bottom edge, ofcaps in the vertical parts of the offsets and hooks on the ends of thehorizontal parts, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a board having offsets in its bottom edge, ofcaps held in the vertical parts of the offsets, hooks on the horizontalpart, and of nails rested on the hooks and having their ends passed intothe abovementioned caps, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with the board A, having offsets in its bottom edge,of the caps E, the hooks H, and the pins or nails F, pro vided withheads G, having annular grooves, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

EDWARD T. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

B. R. ANDERSON, J. F. RIORDAN.

